Peter King has competition for the title of Brett Favre's Biggest Fan. Tonight, NBC will carry the season opener between the Redskins and Giants, which means that Al Michaels and John Madden will have three hours to talk about all the things that make Favre great (pray for overtime because, frankly, three hours just isn't enough time to do that eulogy justice).

The announcers spoke recently about the off-season goings-on that eventually led to Favre landing in New York, and, predictably, they were shocked at how events unfolded.

"It still does look weird," Michaels said. "It's Joe Montana in a Kansas City uniform. It's Wayne Gretzky in a Los Angeles Kings uniform. It's Michael Jordan in a Washington Wizards uniform. It's that kind of a thing. It's going to take a while to get used to, especially here in New York, seeing posters and a lot of stuff in the newspapers." ...

"I was really surprised the way this whole thing came down," Madden said. "I was surprised first of all when he retired. He always told me that as long as he was healthy and he had a chance to win, he'd keep playing. Obviously he was healthy and they were in the championship game, so they had a good team."

And that brings the grand total of Americans who actually thought Favre had retired when he gave that tearful retirement press conference to one.

This season, FanHouse writers will be taking their cameras around the NFL snapping photos of what people are wearing to tailgates and games. We've cleverly titled it "FanHouse in the Stands." Today, as a public service, I will be discussing what the average fan wears to rep their NFL team and writing down some of the unwritten rules of sports attire fandom. My photo essay blacks out their faces as I am a closet fan of Glamour Magazine's "Fashion Do's and Don'ts."

Don't Wear Unrelated Team Jerseys to Sporting Events.

These fans clearly spent some jack to purchase jerseys of two very good NFL quarterbacks. Neither of those quarterbacks were playing in the Tampa Bay-Texans preseason game however. If you wear those jerseys to a game where those quarterbacks are not playing, you are telling the world, "I am a braying donkey, please abuse me."

The only exception to this is the entertaining guy I saw wearing an Eagles jersey to a Texans-Cowboys game in Houston as his way of rooting against Dallas.

When the Packers used a second-round pick on Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm, they were working from the assumption that Brett Favre was actually going to stay retired this time. Green Bay would take LSU QB Matt Flynn five rounds later just for good measure.

Turns out, Favre was just joshing about spending the rest of his days fishin' in Mississippi, he re-un-retired, the Packers balked, and the future Hall of Famer ended up with the New York Jets. And Green Bay enters the season with a first-year starter in Aaron Roders, and two rookies behind him on the depth chart.

And while Brohm seemed like the obvious choice for the No. 2 job -- he came from a prolific college program and was at one time considered a first-round talent -- head coach Mike McCarthy has named Flynn Rodgers' backup.

"Now's the time when your reps are limited," McCarthy said after Monday's practice. "The ability to keep splitting them, we didn't feel was in the best interests (of the team). It would have been in the best interests of the group, but I wanted to be sure we gave one of the individuals an opportunity to get ready. We just felt Matt was a little more productive than Brian in the preseason, but it's a competition that will continue."

These things happen and it really says nothing about Brohm's NFL future; he's just one of countless players whose careers got off to a bumpy start. It happens.

Not many husbands/fathers can claim to be as lucky as the one whose wife suggests a trip to Lambeau Field for a summer getaway. Not only can I claim it, but I have the photographic evidence to prove it.

We spent this past weekend in Green Bay, purposely timing our trip to coincide with a Packers preseason game on the road. It was surmised that we could have an easier time navigating around Lambeau Field and the Packers Hall of Fame if there weren't 70,000 people around at the same time. There was also the chance to check out a Packers training camp practice on Sunday afternoon.

Since I'm pretty much a complete dork at this point in my life, I figured I'd bring the camera with. I come now bearing photos from our trip to Green Bay to hang out with the Packers (sort of). I'll share a few of them after the jump.

One of the major misconceptions about that rumored $20 million "payoff" the Packers made to Brett Favre was that it was simply just to keep him away from Green Bay.

Well, the did want Favre to kinda/sorta work for it.

The phrase "merchandising deal" was attached to it, but no one really new what that meant. Turns out, they wanted to turn Brett Favre from their QB to their green-and-gold goose off the field. That deal involved ha merchandise line, souvenirs and even a blog:

According to a draft of the agreement obtained by Sporting News Today and its sister publication, The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee, the Packers' proposed 10-year deal for Favre included a line of clothing, merchandise and collectibles. The Packers Pro Shop would have become the exclusive distributor of autographed Favre memorabilia, and Favre would sign 300 items a year for the team's use.

Favre also would have been required to make 10 personal appearances each year -- including two private hunting or golfing trips -- and a blog would have been created for Favre on the team's Web site.

The Packers contend that they had been working on this deal since Favre originally retired and plan on offering to him again once Brett really does call it quits ... again ... for good.

I never thought I'd say this, but thank God for the Olympics. You might not realize it, but the gold-plated robot that is Michael Phelps is actually the only thing saving us from a continued barrage of 24-7 Brett Favre coverage.

But the fact of the matter is that once the Olympics cease to be, we will return to plenty of noise about Favre. As it turns out though, it is not entirely because he's so gosh-darn popular. As Darren Rovell points out there are actual numbers to prove just how tired we all are of Favre.

The great folks at Davie Brown Index (DBI), who I think are the best indicators of who's hot and who's not, just sent me the new stats on Favre. Let's look at the difference. (Note: The awareness is the only number in percentages, the rest are just scores.)

Poll	Awareness	Appeal	Aspiration	Endorsement	Trust
5/5/2008	70%	80.5	72	74.8	68.1
8/13/2008	81.20%	71.4	68.7	70.6	60.3

So, as you can see Brett, we do all in fact acknowledge your increased and painful presence in our life. However, I'd agree with all of these and probably knock down "appeal" and "trust" a little bit, just because he's a crazed old athlete at this point with a fatigued arm.

Of course, there's no way to tell how many times Laverneus Coles voted, so the results could be a little skewed. At least that's the excuse I heard ESPN is running with.

Joe Horn is unhappy, which apparently happens with the frequency of the sunrise. He's currently in Atlanta, property of the Falcons, but he'd love to be anywhere else.

Six weeks ago, Horn made a plea for the Cowboys to save him from the Falcons, and nothing came of it. So, naturally, he broke out the PR machine for another go of it. Via PFT, Horn told Dan Patrick, who was conveniently hosting a radio show, that he'd love to play in Dallas or Philadelphia.

Given that Horn is well past the unofficial NFL retirement age for wide receivers, I'm not sure if anything will come of this. The thing is, if he had signed with the Packers over the Falcons last year, this wouldn't even be an issue. Of course, Horn probably would've had to sign for less money to play in Green Bay, and while I'll never begrudge a player for taking the dough, it's really hard to defend anybody willingly agreeing to go to Atlanta.

Whatever, Andrew Brandt, former Packers front office-type turned Internet writer, retells the story:

Training camps are underway, the NFL season is a month off, and to get you ready for 2008, FanHouse previews all 32 teams, "heat index" style. We'll rate each club in 10 categories on a scale of 1 to 10, high score wins.

Quarterbacks: Did you hear that Brett Favre retired? Well, don't worry, because he changed his mind. And he did it too late, so the Packers wanted to move on instead of keeping him on board. So they traded him to the Jets. Got it? Aaron Rodgers is the new starter in Green Bay, and while I'm excited for him, I have to admit that this is all a little weird. I was barely 15 years old the first time Favre won a game for the Packers. That means Favre was the starter for more than half my life. Other guys - Rodgers, Mark Brunell, Matt Hasselbeck, Ty Detmer, and T.J. Rubley, among others - have taken snaps for the Packers, but Favre's been the only starter. He didn't even miss a pre-season start for the Packers until Monday night. Rodgers has the physical tools, he appears well-prepared, and he's handled this circus wonderfully. I can't rate him too highly because I just don't know if he can be as good as Favre, but he does appear to be better at reading coverages and making consistently good decisions than Favre was. Favre's improvisational ways were entertaining and often effective, but they also led to mistakes. Rodgers will play a safer style, but won't be nearly as dynamic. Heat Index: 7

There's no doubt that the rivalry between Minnesota and Green Bay is one of the better ones in the NFL. After a few non-descript seasons in the 1980s and 1990s, when one or both teams sucked, things have heated up nicely in recent years.

It probably all started when Randy Moss stomped all over the Packers defense on a Monday night in 1998. Since then, the intensity has been amped up quite a bit.

Since Mike McCarthy took over in Green Bay, the Packers are 4-0 against Minnesota. This is probably not taken well by Vikings fans, players, or coaches.

For evidence of this, I invite you to join me after the jump, as we present the comments of Vikings defensive tackle Pat Williams.

Brett Favre said it himself -- he'll always think of himself as a Packer. That's why I can't understand Jets fans opening their arms so readily for the man. Favre is a Jet because the Jets offered more than Tampa, and because he'd eliminated every other possible option for himself. The Jets might have gotten a better quarterback but they created a big disconnect; they put their offense in the hands of someone who's heart and head is with another franchise. And so Favre's attempts to integrate himself into the Jets' locker seems to me forced.

Regardless, whether or not Favre continues to pine for his green-and-yellow oasis, he won't be watching them tonight when they play the Bengals on Monday Night Football. That's according to Eric Mangini, that is. There will be no checking in on Aaron Rodgers. No gazing at his former teammates and wondering what if.

According to Favre's new coach, Brett will have his dance card punched full with "Jets related activities." And yeah, I guess it's pretty busy in the Favre household lately, trying to learn a new offense and all. But do you really expect Favre not to keep an eye on Rodgers' performance tonight? I'm sure David Lee Roth listened to Van Halen's first single with Sammy Hagar.

Just sayin ...